Burning Speed Queries

[sjtpepper]

Hi there oh clever people, can anyone possibly enlighten me as to why my Nec 1100a (4xwriter) chooses not to write at 4x on most discs? It likes Arita 4x, but most others only get the 2.4x treatment. Is it the discs or maybe the drive? Any help given will be appreciated.
THANKS

[adamjb]

I would think, if you set your burn speed to MAX & your media is 4x, then it most definately burn at 4x.
What program are you using for the burn?

[sjtpepper]

I am using Nero 5.5.28 which works great. But how can I change/select the burn speed? As far as I know it is automatically selected.

thanks

[bluntman72]

As far a I know, Nero examines the media and if it or the burner's firmware "don't like" the media it won't burn at the maximum speed of the burner.

[ChrissyBoy]

I have a similar issue with this burner: https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=177197&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=nec

I now use Gear DVD which does x 4. I threw Nero in the bin when it took ages to do a dvd-video. I thought it had finised - it was just initializing!!!!